Angry drivers of commercial vehicles created ruckus outside the office of Regional Transport Officer here on Thursday.
Tempers of these drivers flayed high when they realised that the training which they received at the Institute of Driving and Traffic Regulation (IDTR) is worthless as the contract of the institute has expired.
The drivers raised a commotion at the office of IDTR and shouted slogans against the company and transport department. These drivers of commercial vehicles had undergone mandatory one-day training for renewal of their licenses.
The State Government has given contract to Jhajhra based company IDTR for providing training to those seeking driving licenses or their renewal.
It was learnt that the five year contract of transport department with the company ended on April 5 due to which those who had undergone training on April 6 onwards faced problems as the department refused to acknowledge the training certificate provided by the company.
The infuriated drivers entered with heated verbal duel with the deputy director of ITDR. later, the Regional Transport Officer (RTO) Dinesh Chandra Pathoi held talks with some the agitated drivers and assured solution to their problems.
One of an infuriated driver, Sunil Kumar told The Pioneer that 130 candidates are facing problems as they have undergone training on April 6-April 8.
He said that when the training institute knew about the status of their recognition then why it conducted training. The institute charges Rs 400 for one-day training from those seeking to renew their commercial licenses.
The Deputy Director of ITDR Ashish Joshi told The Pioneer that company had submitted all relevant documents for renewal of its contract and department has assured about their contract renewal. The ARTO Sandeep Saini informed that the contract of the company would be renewed from April 6 this year to avoid problems to those who have done training on these days.